Plaster Hounds

Plaster Hounds Artist: The Chromatics
Label: Gold Standard Labora
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 613505007926
EAN: 0613505007926
ASIN: B0001689YW


Release Date: 2004-02-17

Plaster Hounds


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Tracks:

  1. Surrogate
  2. Garden
  3. Jesus
  4. Three Hearts (Wasp)
  5. Vol. II
  6. Chalk Dust (Holy Water)
  7. 24/23/22/21
  8. Monarch
  9. Ice Hatchets
  10. Program

Similar Items:

  1. Chrome Rats vs. Basement Rutz
  2. As Brass and Satin
  3. Head Wound City

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great Effort!.......2004-07-31

While every other new throwback band is busy trying to re-create Television's Marquee Moon and Gang of Four's Entertainment!, two Seattle-based post-punk-obsessed Indie lads have decided to take the road less traveled.

On Plaster Hounds, Chromatics have rid themselves of the dancey, X-Ray Spex-like anthems found on their debut album Chrome Rats vs. Basement Rutz and now feature an adrenaline-addicted sound with surreal themes--recounting the days when 70s post punks Suicide, Silver Apples and Wire ruled the dank streets of New York City.

This reinvention in sound could be due to the band's reduction from four to two members-vocalist/guitarist Adam Miller and new bassist/vocalist Nat Sahlstrom. In addition to the turbulent twosome, percussionist Ron Avila adds his lethargic beats to the rhythm section. Miller has grown as a songwriter since his days in The Vogue and Soiled Doves--a band made up of the original members of Chromatics along with Johnny Whitney, the spastic vocalist of famed Artcore band The Blood Brothers.

While none of the songs on Plaster Hounds reaches the sheer intensity of Suicide's "Frankie Teardrop" or the morose-nature of Silver Apples' "Dust," most of the ten songs continue in the same vein and are equally troublesome; and "Monarch" does come pretty close to achieving "Avant Garde Future Legend" status with its Whitehouse-esque belligerent screams and bleak, distant background rhythms. While nothing beats the original, Chromatics' cover of Silver Apples' "Program" is possibly as close to perfect as one can get without having Simeon and Dan Taylor re-record the classic song. Oddly enough, the Chromatics' version of "Program" sounds as if it were actually recorded in 1968 with more low-level hum and muddy production, unlike the original that sounds much clearer.

The extremely minimalist production of Plaster Hounds adds to its authenticity. Miller's stoic philosophical ponderings and grating, despondent guitars layered on top of natural, lo-fi discordance make it hard to believe this was recorded just a few months earlier and not over 20 years ago.

4 out of 5 stars

Music Album:

  1. Alive ~ Shihad
  2. Third
  3. Critical Review 1969-1972 ~ David Bowie
  4. Back in the 90's ~ Hobex
  5. Trumans Water ~ Trumans Water
  6. Sacred Love ~ Sting
  7. Hammer and Nails ~ Dave Schramm
  8. Back on Track ~ Bees Make Honey
  9. Occupational Hazard ~ Unsane
  10. Anywhere But Here... ~ Moonshot Radio

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Christmas Cheer ~ Ken Navarro

Birdseed ~ Lou Donaldson

Ruby Braff Remembers Louis Armstrong: Being With You ~ Ruby Braff

Perdido ~ Ernie Krivda

A Proper Introduction to Lee Konitz: Palo Alto ~ Lee Konitz

Ontem Ja Era ~ Veiga & Salazar

Palanquin's Pole ~ African Force

Nosso Sonho Nao Vai Terminar ~ Claudinho & Buchecha

Rouge ~ Fredericks Goldman Jones

Shiawasebaizokeikaku ~ Maria Yamamoto